My First Book

On Thursday (when I was running around like a crazy person), Angela stopped me in the hall and handed me a Priority Mail box.

I’d forgotten it was coming!

It was a package containing two copies of my first book: Lori and Jenn’s Italian Adventure. One for me, one for Jenn. And tonight I delivered Jenn’s to her — a Christmas present, two months late.

I’m in love with Shutterfly.com. I first learned about the site a few years ago from Stacey, my sidekick at The Big Downtown Agency. I started loading my photos in there and using their mail order service to get enlarged prints. (Super fast, great quality.)

But I first really learned about making albums on there after my trip to Argentina. Kristin did a soft-cover album that was just great. Last year I did one myself after going to Hawaii.

So after our trip to Italy, I decided to go for a hardback 8×8 book and include the trip log with the photos.

And it is soooooo cool! It took me probably 14 hours total to do — it’s 89 pages. I ordered them a week ago, and they arrived on Thursday.